Cutlery-scourer



(No Model.)

H. F. WARREN.

OUTLERY SGOUBBR.

No. 440,080. Patented Nov. 4, I890.

@xwcmeowo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. WARREN, OF ANNA, ILLINOIS.

CUTLERY-SCOU RER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,080, dated November 4, 1890.

Application filed May 29, 1890. Serial No. 353.627- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY F. WARREN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Anna, in the county of Union and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cutlery-Scourers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cutlery-scourers.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved device for cleaning or scouring cutlery, which is simple in construction and effective in operation; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1- is a perspective view of a cutlery-scourer constructed in accordance with myimprovement, and Fig. 2 is an end view.

A refers to the base of the frame, which is adapted to be secured to a table bya clamp a. This base is provided near its ends with uprights or posts B and B, which are provided a suitable distance above their lower ends with slots or openings 0 0, through which pass shafts D and D. These shafts are preferably made up of bars of metal, the ends of which lie in the slots 0 C, the upper shaft extending beyond the standard B, where it is provided with an emery or grinding wheel E, while the lower shaft extends through the standard B and is provided with an operat-.

ing-crank. Upon these shafts D and D are rigidly secured gear-wheels d d, which are lo cated adjacent to the standard B The shaft may extend entirely across the frame, or they maybe merely stub-shafts which enter wooden rollers F F. These rollers are partially cov-,.

ered centrally with rubber sleeves G G, which are tapered to provide between the same an inclined or tapered opening g. These rollers are held against each other by spring-pressure, the inner sides of the recessesC O in the standards being grooved and provided with blocks which bear upon the upper shaft, above said blocks being placed spiral springs g, which bear upon the adjustable cross-bar H, and the pressure of this crossbar can be regulated by properly adjusting the set-screws I, which pass through the cross-bar C, rigidly secured to the upper ends of the standards.

It will be observed that by turning the crank-handle keyed upon the projecting end of the lower shaft a rotation of said shaft and the one above will be eifected, and by providing the rollers with tapered sleeves a wedge-shaped opening will be providcd,which willproperly receive the blades of knives, so that an equal pressure will be exerted on all parts of the knife in cleaning the same. The uncovered ends of the wooden rollers can be used for scouring forks or such portions of cutlery that would not contact with the surface of the rubber-covered rolls. It is obvious the emery-wheel can be used for sharpening knives.

Abrading material, as brick-dust oremery, is intended to be used with the device.

I claim- The combination, in a cutlery-scourer, of a frame having vertical standards with slots, shafts journaled in said slots and connected to each other by gear-wheels, spring-bearings for holding said shafts, together with Wooden rolls mounted on said shafts, provided with an extended horizontal covering, of rubber, of decreasing diameter, leaving an intermediate space of gradually-increasing size, the covering terminating short of the standards to leave exposed wooden surfaces, together with operating means, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. WARREN.

\Vitnesses:

J. H. RUssELL, THOs. H. MILLER. 

